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| Title | Guendolen Carkeek as a child, circa 1905 |
| Photographer | La Roche, Frank |
| Date | circa 1905 |
| Caption | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff (1892-1994) was born in Seattle in 1892 at the First Hill mansion home of her parents, British-born Seattle pioneers Morgan and Emily Carkeek. Guendolen attended elementary school at the old Pacific School in Seattle, and was sent to Europe for schooling at age 13.
Following in the footsteps of her mother, who founded the Seattle Historical Society, Guendolen was active in promoting preservation of local history, and was President of Seattle Historical Society for 17 years. Plestcheeff was instrumental in helping the Society acquire the property off Lake Washington Boulevard on which the Museum of History & Industry stands today. |
| Notes | Embossed on mount: La Roche, Seattle |
| Personal Names | Plestcheeff, Guendolen Carkeek, 1892-1994 |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1995.71.55 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff photographs and other material, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff photographs and other material |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print on mount: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS2. |
